Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward,
feeling your mercy in my success alone;
but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.
excerpted from Rabindranath Tagore,"FRUIT-GATHERING"
「奇跡のリンゴ」の冒頭に引用されていたこの詩。。キュプラー・ロスの「死ぬ瞬間」にも、冒頭この詩が引用されています。。扱う内容は違えど、どちらの本にもぴったりと頭上に輝くようにこの言葉。。詩の力はすごいなぁ。。
